Short Sweet Ride

Look what I found!

2009-08-20T09:28:00.000-07:00

I know... I know... It has been way too long since I've posted but, hey I have been busy!
I have been painting furniture:) I saw the cutest restyled maple hutch in a fabulous
little store that is no longer in business:( I wanted it in the worst way.... The price tag
was $1500.00 no kidding...I thought to myself...I can paint my own! So to Craigslist I went.
I found the perfect hutch. $75 and it was mine. My husband just smiled. Well let me tell you... I love my new red hutch!

2009-01-10T11:36:00.000-08:00

Sweet Baby Esther

Cute little banner I made for above her crib:)

I'm an auntie again! Named after my paternal grandmother and one of the best stories in the Bible. Esther Elizabeth was born on January 08, 2009. She weighed 8.6 and is 20 inches long. She is just absolutely angelic. I was the official photographer! Lucky me. It is way different when it's not you having the baby!!! Anyway, I love her to pieces. I told my Maeghan I may have quit my hermit ways for awhile to go hold a sweet baby.

2008-11-08T13:31:00.000-08:00

Thanks Mom and Dad!

Today is my parents 40th wedding anniversary! In this picture she is seventeen and he is nineteen. I love it! I so appreciate that they have stuck it out through all of the hard stuff!
They are the best parents I could ever ask for and I am so glad they are mine!

The Boy is Fifteen!

2008-11-05T21:28:00.000-08:00

Today is Brennen's Birthday. He is fifteen. I can't believe it! Last night was election night and we had friends and neighbors over. I made Rice Krispy Treats and put FIFTEEN candles on it like a cake! Tonight we went to Olive Garden with Jeff's parents to celebrate with family.
I love you Brennen! I am honored to be your mom:)

The Good Fight

2008-11-04T22:47:00.000-08:00

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man
who points out how the strong man
stumbles or where the doer of deeds could
have done better. The credit belongs to the
man who is actually in the arena, whose
face is marred by dust and sweat and blood,
who strives valiantly,who errs and comes
up short again and again, because there is
no effort without error or shortcoming,but
who knows the great enthusiasms, the great
devotions,who spends himself for a worthy cause;
who at the best, knows, in the end,
the triumph of high achievement,and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails
while daring greatly,so that his place shall
never be with those cold and timid souls
who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt

Swim Meet

2008-10-24T16:32:00.000-07:00

I drove the RCHS Swim team to a meet in Winters. We didn't get home till 10:00pm. We had a good time though. When the meet was over everyone was really hungry and In & Out sounded so good. We asked a local and they laughed! We ended up at a Subway in Williams. No comparison!

I'm a hunting widow

2008-10-10T09:50:00.000-07:00

My husband has been gone for a week now. He took Brennen with him the first few days and Wiley stayed with my parents. That means that Maeghan and I had the house to ourselves and we enjoyed every minute! He and a couple of good friends are in Oregon looking for that monster buck. He hasn't found him yet but did see a monster mountain lion! His friend John shot a buck on the first day out and the guys were teasing him that it was a little guy, but by now the "little guy" is looking pretty good:) Good Luck guys and here's to venison stew and back straps!

My First Post!

2008-10-03T22:03:00.000-07:00

Well..... I am going to start a blog. I so enjoy reading others blogs that I have decided to give it a try. I really wish I had started 10 years ago! I love reading and seeing the pictures of young families. Time really does fly! I look at some of these blogs and think what a wonderful way to journal the big and small happenings and thoughts in life that might not easily be remembered. Much like scrapbooking and in some ways, I think better! Like my kitty? I call her sweetie pie. My two eldest children brought her home one late night after a Sonic run. We live in the country and she was on the side of the road with her mamma and littermates. She was the only one that didn't run away. My sweet daughter said " I knew you would let us keep her because she doesn't have a tail" I'm a sucker for manx kitties:)